An historical account of a new method for extracting the foul air out of ships ... : with the description and draught of the machines, by which it is performed: and the relation given thereof by Dr. Mead, to the Royal Society / By Samuel Sutton.

  • Sutton, Samuel
Date:
1745
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An historical account of a new method for extracting the foul air out of ships ... : with the description and draught of the machines, by which it is performed: and the relation given thereof by Dr. Mead, to the Royal Society / By Samuel Sutton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Lb the Right Honourable the Lords of the Admiralty, the Petition of Samuel Sutton* Humbly Sheweth, HAT your Lordfhips Petitioner* A- having invented an ufeful Scheme, for the Extrading foul Air out of His Majefty’s Ships (which, in the Month of September, 1741, was tried before the then Lords of the Admiralty, who ap¬ proved the Performance) lately applied to your Lordfhips * but, to his extreme Surprize, he finds, that he is not likely to receive any Reward, either for the In¬ vention itfelf, or his Lofs of Time and Expences; nor are His Majefty's Sailors and Mariners likely to receive any Benefit from his Scheme, tho’ it is univerfally acknowledged, that more of them have lately died in America, for want of good Air, than by the Spaniards. That your Lordfhips Petitioner cannot help remark¬ ing* that, tho’ no Invention ever met D with
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